Archibald Robertson (1776 - 1861)

Born 1776 in Virginia

Ancestors

Died 1861 at about age 85 in Virginia

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Biography

Archibald Robertson is a descendant of Pocahontas. Here is the trail.

Archibald Bolling Robertson was born in 1776. Archibald is the child of William Robertson and Elizabeth Bolling, and the grandson of Archibald Robertson and Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Robertson. ^[1]And his brother, John Robertson had a son named Archibald.

This Archibald married Elizabeth Meade (Bolling) Robertson His father in law was Archibald Bolling.

Children

He survived all his children and had no descendants living in 1879.

1. Elizabeth Jane ROBERTSON 1802-1822
2. Rebecca Murray ROBERTSON 1803-1823
3. Pocahontas Anne ROBERTSON 1805-1838, married William Smith BOLLING
4. Virginia Bolling ROBERTSON 1807-1836, married Col. Ralph Graves^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/g/a/y/William-L-Gay/index.html
2. ↑ Pg 1373. The Family Forest Descendants of Lady Joan Beaufort By Bruce Harrison

• Pg 1373. The Family Forest Descendants of Lady Joan Beaufort By Bruce Harrison

• Mentioned in the will of his sister Mary B. Robertson.

• Slaughter, Rev. Philip. History of Bristol Parish, 2nd edn, p. 223.

• Pocahontas, alias Matoaka, and her descendants through her marriage at Jamestown, Virginia, in April, 1614, with John Rolfe, gentleman; including the names of Alfriend, Archer, Bentley, Bernard, Bland, Bolling, Branch, Cabell, Catlett, Cary, Dandridge, Dixon, Douglas, Duval, Eldridge, Ellett, Ferguson, Field, Fleming, Gay, Gordon, Griffin, Grayson, Harrison, Hubard, Lewis, Logan, Markham, Meade, McRae, Murray, Page, Poythress, Randolph, Robertson, Skipwith, Stanard, Tazewell, Walke, West, Whittle, and others.